I’ve got a mule, and her name is Sal,
Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.
She’s a good old worker and a good old pal,
Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.
We’ve hauled some barges in our day
Filled with lumber, coal and hay
And ev’ry inch of the way I know
From Albany to Buffalo.

We better get along on our way, old gal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
Cause you bet your life I’d never part with Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
Git up there, mule, here comes a lock,
We’ll make Rome ‘bout six o’clock.
One more trip and back we’ll go
Right back home to Buffalo.

Sailing, sailing over the bounding main
Where many a stormy wind shall blow
‘Ere Jack comes home again
Sailing, sailing over the bounding main
Where many a stormy wind shall blow
‘Ere Jack comes home again

Little White Duck

Baltimore Area Council & Circle Ten Council

There’s a little white duck sittin’ in the water,
A little white duck, doin’ what he oughter.
He took a bite of a lily pad, flapped his wings
And he said I’m glad that I’m a little white duck
Sittin’ in the water, quack, quack, quack.

There’s a little green frog, swimmin’ in the water
A little green frog, doin’ what he oughter.
He jumped right off the lily pad the little duck bit
And he said I’m glad that I’m a little green frog
Swimmin’ in the water, croak, croak, croak.

There’s a little black bug, floatin’ on the water
A little black bug doin’ what he oughter
He tickled the frog on the lily pad that the little bug bit
And he said I’m glad that I’m a little black bug
Floatin’ on the water, chirp, chirp,

There’s a little red snake lyin’ in the water

A little red snake doin’ what he oughter

He frightened the duck and the frog so bad

He ate the bug and he said I’m glad that I’m a little red snake

Lyin’ in the water; ssss, ssss, ssss.

There’s A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea

Baltimore Area Council

There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea
There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea
There’s a hole, there’s a hole
There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea

There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There’s a hole, there’s a hole
There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea

There’s a bump on the log in the hole
In the bottom of the sea
There’s a bump on the log in the hole
In the bottom of the sea
There’s a hole, there’s a hole
There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea

Keep building as long as your imagination let’s you. Be sure to repeat all the items each time.

There’s a frog on the bump on the log in the hole …

There’s a fly on the frog on the bump on the log …

There’s a wing on the fly on the frog on the bump…

There’s a flea on the wing on the fly on the frog …

After this you could have

A wing on the flea,

A hair on the wing,

But at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in the 60’s under the direction of “Golden” Eddie (Stoeffels) we would continue with –

There’s a truck on the flea on the wing on the fly …

There’s a tire on the truck on the flea on the wing …

And somehow we would wind up with

There’s a charge in the proton in the atom … I don’t remember it all. Sorry. However you choose to do it -